Christophe Louis Yves Georges Cardinal Pierre

Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America

Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
30 Jan 1946		Born
5 Apr 1970	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
12 Jul 1995	49.4	Appointed	Titular Archbishop of Gunela
12 Jul 1995	49.4	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti
24 Sep 1995	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Archbishop of Gunela
10 May 1999	53.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda
22 Mar 2007	61.1	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to México
12 Apr 2016	70.2	Appointed	Apostolic Nuncio to United States of America
30 Sep 2023	77.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Deacon of San Benedetto fuori Porta San Paolo
30 Sep 2023	77.6	Elevated to Cardinal

MicroData Summary for Christophe Louis Yves Georges Pierre
(WikiData: Q553540)
Christophe Louis Yves Georges Cardinal Pierre (born 30 Jan 1946) Apostolic Nuncio of United States of America

Consistory - 2023: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Priest Saint-Vincent, Cathedral, Saint-Malo, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Bishop Saint-Vincent, Cathedral, Saint-Malo, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

Please contact the Cardinal through the Nunciature to United States of America.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Paul Joseph Marie Cardinal Gouyon †
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)
Principal Consecrator:
Angelo Cardinal Sodano †
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Paul Joseph Marie Cardinal Gouyon †
Cardinal-Priest of Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia
Archbishop Jacques André Marie Jullien †
Archbishop of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot † (1997)
Bishop Enrique Sánchez Martínez (2008)
Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong (2009)
Archbishop Raúl Gómez González (2010)
Bishop José Armando Álvarez Cano (2012)
Bishop Jaime Calderón Calderón (2012)
Bishop Rafael Valdéz Torres (2013)
Bishop Gerardo Díaz Vázquez (2014)
Bishop Hilario González García (2015)
Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García (2015)
Bishop Francisco Eduardo Cervantes Merino (2015)
Bishop Fidencio López Plaza (2015)
Bishop José Alberto González Juárez (2015)
Bishop José Hiraís Acosta Beltrán (2016)
Bishop José Fortunato Álvarez Valdéz † (2016)
Archbishop Kevin Stuart Patrick Randall (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa (2002)
Bishop Sabino Ocan Odoki (2006)
Bishop Juan Humberto Gutiérrez Valencia (2008)
Bishop José Francisco González González (2008)
Archbishop Jesús Carlos Cabrero Romero (2008)
Bishop Guillermo Francisco Escobar Galicia (2009)
Bishop Florencio Armando Colín Cruz (2009)
Archbishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe (2009)
Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza, O.F.M. (2009)
Bishop Jesús Antonio Lerma Nolasco (2009)
Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. (2010)
Bishop Juan Odilón Martínez García (2010)
Bishop Andrés Vargas Peña (2010)
Bishop Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca (2010)
Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez (2011)
Bishop Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga (2011)
Bishop Eugenio Andrés Lira Rugarcía (2011)
Bishop Efraín Mendoza Cruz (2011)
Bishop Crispin Ojeda Márquez (2011)
Bishop Juan María Huerta Muro, O.F.M. (2012)
Bishop Gonzalo Alonso Calzada Guerrero (2013)
Bishop Jorge Estrada Solórzano (2013)
Bishop Armando António Ortíz Aguirre (2014)
Bishop Tomás López Durán (2014)
Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini (2014)
Bishop Juan Armando Pérez Talamantes (2014)
Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola (2014)
Bishop Jorge Cuapio Bautista (2015)
Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar Ledesma (2016)
Bishop Herculano Medina Garfias (2016)
Bishop Louis Tylka (2020)
Bishop Earl Kenneth Mario Fernandes (2022)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Rennes, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Priest	Saint-Vincent, Cathedral, Saint-Malo, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France
Ordained Bishop	Saint-Vincent, Cathedral, Saint-Malo, Archdiocese of Rennes (-Dol-Saint-Malo), France

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 22 Mar 2007
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143, Number 12,613
ab: Bollettino, 12 Apr 2016
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 252, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1.loc: CB, 18 Oct 2022
card: Bollettino, 9 Jul 2023
cdea: Bollettino, 30 Sep 2023

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